Chapter 35: Opening
The news that the young lady had entered the Rong'an Courtyard spread all over the Dingxi Hou Mansion.
When she got the news, Aunt Zhou was drawing her eyebrows, and her hand shook, and the slender eyebrows were folded.
"Was it called to go, or did you go by yourself?" She asked, turning her head.
"I went by myself, and I wore them very well, and they were made of materials that the old lady had specially ordered from the capital..."Ah Jin said, she was a little late when she got the news and rushed over, only to see the bright back of the bright and bright back into the courtyard.
"What I remember, it's those in her eight boxes, which made the women in the family look very red, and the third lady easily begged the sewing room to leave a corner of waste to make a purse, and hung it on her body like a baby...."Aunt Zhou smiled, with a bit of reminiscence, "The clothes are really good, I want those princesses and nobles to wear nothing more than this, and they actually let her beggar girl..."
"Not only that, but also asked Ah Ru to go to the treasury left by the old lady to get the nine-tailed phoenix hairpin." Ah Jin said excitedly.
Aunt Zhou's face was surprised, and she immediately smiled again.
"What is she going to do here?" She said, turned around again, and carefully sorted out her makeup, "When I see my mother-in-law, I don't see the son of the world, I make it look like a new daughter-in-law in a sedan chair, relying on her good looks, her mother-in-law will not be lost in the lost soul..."
Speaking of this, what comes to mind.
"Where is the son?" She asked, with a smile in her eyes, "Heh, I didn't expect to finally open up, knowing that she was not blind to her good looks, she could take out her hand, and that's it..."
"The prince went out early in the morning to visit a friend, saying that he would not come back for a few days." Ah Jin said.
Aunt Zhou stopped, and the eyes of the people in the mirror were full of surprise.
"And she.." She was puzzled and said, "What are you going to do?" ”
What did the young lady who had disappeared for three years suddenly go to see Mrs. Hou? All the people who got the news asked such questions.
Is it really for a punished girl to sue his wife for an explanation?
Qi Yue looked at a maid dressed like Ah Ru holding tea, and knew that this was Ah Luan, the big girl next to Mrs. Hou, and couldn't help but take a look, Ah Luan noticed it and smiled at her.
"Young lady, please use tea." She said, bowing her head and stepping back.
Qi Yue nodded, didn't eat, and looked at Xie who was sitting upright.
Since the words when he entered the door, Xie Shi has never said a word to her, and at this time, his eyes are slightly slumped, and he is turning the Buddha beads in his hand, as if he is in a state of flux.
"Madam, I've been sick for three years, so I miss you, Madame." Qi Yue opened his mouth and smiled.
A mocking smile appeared on Xie's lips, and he raised his eyelids slightly.
"So, how are you now?" She said lightly.
"Yes, so come and say hello to Madame, and let Madame see it." Qi Yue said.
Xie really turned his face to look at her.
"I've seen it." She nodded and said, "The complexion is really good." ”
"It's Madame, you're taking good care of you." Qi Yue said with a smile.
If you don't look at the expression and just listen to the talk, what a harmonious mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conversation it will be, and the maids in the room all bow their heads.
Xie Shi picked up the tea and ate it slowly, and there was silence in the room for a while, this was obviously the meaning of sending off guests, and everyone else in the room understood, but the eldest young lady didn't understand.
“.. Is my father at home? I didn't kowtow myself when I had my birthday a while ago... I'm just afraid that I'll give him a sick breath.." Qi Yue asked with a smile.
"No one dares to disturb me when I paint in the study." Xie said simply.
"How are your brothers and sisters?" Qi Yue then asked.
Xie put down the teacup.
"The family is fine, you are fine now, if there is nothing to do, it is better to go back and recuperate." She opened her mouth directly and gave the eviction order.
Qi Yue was still smiling, without the slightest embarrassment and panic on his face, and stood up.
"Thank you for your mother's concern, my daughter-in-law has been sick for so long, and my mother has worked hard, and I heard that I have to have two younger sisters to help the housekeeper, and my daughter-in-law is really ashamed, and now that I'm fine, I'll take over the affairs of the family in the future." She said.
When she said this, let alone the Xie family, even the maids who tried to pretend not to exist couldn't hide their surprise and looked up at her.
"What did you say?" Xie raised his eyebrows and asked, smiling a little, "You want to be a housekeeper?" ”
"That's right, it was originally what the old lady gave me at the beginning, but my indisputable body..."Qi Yue didn't feel funny, nodded and said, "Mother should be a good girl, but she still works for her daughter-in-law, and now that I'm better, it's really unfilial for my daughter-in-law to let my mother do this." ”
Xie stared at her for a moment and smiled.
"Okay, since you have this filial piety, how can I not fulfill you." She said.
"Thank you, mother, for making it happen." Qi Yue smiled unceremoniously and thanked him, learned from Ah Ru and the others to give a slight salute as usual, and turned around and went out without saying a word.
Watching Qi Yue's figure disappear into the courtyard, the people in the room recovered from the shock.
"Madam, this. . . This.." Su's mother said in a low voice, "She is too bold, this is simply disrespectful, how can she talk to her mother-in-law like this?" ”
Xie Shi didn't have any expression, and ate tea slowly.
"Blind to the elders? Isn't it normal to have no mother-in-law like me in your eyes? She said, with a sneer, "I only now understand that since my sister died, the old thief woman said on her face that she was sympathetic to her daughter-in-law and exempted herself from so many rules, so that outsiders could see that our daughter-in-law had no juniors in front of the elders. ”
Su's mother was silent for a moment.
Just after asking the emperor to marry the prince and Qi Yueniang, Mrs. Hou handed over the housekeeping rights to the prospective granddaughter-in-law in front of the whole house, their family has been accustomed to Mrs. Hou not caring about things, and there is not much surprise for this decision, plus at that time Mrs. Hou was still very strong, saying that the granddaughter-in-law was in charge, and she had to support her behind her back, which was no different from her own house.
The young granddaughter-in-law, the old Mrs. Hou, and the old Mrs. Hou have cultivated loyal housekeepers for many years, and there is no need to be careful in front of the mother-in-law, so this mother-in-law is just a mother-in-law at home.
"But, madam, that's just what Mrs. Hou thinks about herself..."Mother Su said in a low voice, "She thinks well, it's just that it's just thinking about it, and now it's not the beginning, why should you pay attention to her." ”
"That's fine, if she eats and waits for death honestly, I'm really worried." Xie Shi smiled, and stood up, "Brother Cheng is now twenty-four, and other people's sons can run away at this time, but Brother Cheng is dragged down by her, and with her pestle at home, is it possible for a girl from a good family to be small?" ”
Mother Su also sighed, why didn't she want to face this family affair after the son left for three years.
"This old thief woman, if you die, you will be disgusted that we will become a brother for the rest of your life, if I let her get her wish, I will be sorry for my dead sister, and let the thunder of the blue sky and the day kill me." Xie Shi gritted his teeth and said, his expression seemed sad and angry.
"Fourth Miss, I can't say that." Mother Su's voice was a little choked, and she hurriedly reached out to grab her arm, and shouted out Xie's title when she was a girl, "The eldest lady is grateful to you in my heart, you have done enough for their mother and son...."
Xie's body trembled slightly, and he slowly exhaled a breath to calm his emotions.
"Since she is so eager to jump out, then I will let her be happy, let the little ghosts behind her be happy, people don't make mistakes if they don't do things, the more they do, the more mistakes they will make, what about the old thief woman paving the way, I am her mother-in-law, and I am bigger than her when I say that the sky is broken, and I really can't cure her! That old thief woman is dead, can she still jump out of the ground to support her and crush me? Xie Shi smiled.
Somehow, hearing the words jumping out of the ground, Su's mother shivered unconsciously, realizing this, she herself smiled bitterly and had to admit that the lie of the young lady who walked on the Huangquan Road was really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
The news that the eldest young lady personally asked Mrs. Hou for the housekeeping rights spread as if it had spread the moment Qi Yue stepped out of Rong'an Courtyard.
Originally, I thought it was at most to cry with the eldest lady to ask for face, but I didn't expect people to ask for a housekeeper directly! This is not to ask for face, but to slap the face of the eldest lady!
"How dare she?" Aunt Zhou said with a smile, the little girl who was waiting to inquire about the news panted and said the news, and she finally sat down after pacing back and forth, "Did the people in the lady's courtyard say it?" ”
"How can it, no one came out of the lady's courtyard, it was Sister Aru beside the young lady who said it, and she also went to inform the housekeeper that she said that she would come to the young lady tomorrow.. Open.. Hold a meeting .." The little girl said.
Aunt Zhou and Ah Jin glanced at each other.
"Really?" Aunt Zhou's smile became even stronger.
"Auntie, look..."Ah Jin couldn't help but speak.
"Wait, since the young lady is the housekeeper, there is nothing to order, and if there is an order, let's listen." Aunt Zhou cut off her words and said.
It means waiting for the young lady to come to her, and she will never take the initiative to approach the young lady.
"Those housekeepers are all ladies, none of them are easy to mess with, do you want to mention the young lady, after all, she hasn't dealt with her family for three years..."
"Ah Jin, although I don't know if the young lady made a mistake and suddenly jumped out to make this scene, but in the eyes of others, it is all because of someone behind the instigation, you say, who do you think this instigated person is?" Aunt Zhou said lightly.
Everything the young lady today was given by Mrs. Hou, and it was naturally Mrs. Hou who was willing to help her, so there was only Mrs. Hou's niece in the house, Aunt Zhou.
"I don't care if she helps me or not, it's just, don't be tired of me..."Aunt Zhou said lightly, while raising her hand to look at the newly dyed nails, "I've been up for so long, but it's not easy." ”
Saying this, he raised his eyelids and glanced at Ah Jin.
"I know you're a good girl, and you always remember the old lady's original confession, but..." she exhaled slowly, "People always have to look forward, you can't go all the way to the dark."
Ah Jin understood her warning, nodded in response, lowered his head and said no more.